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1. IN A METHOD FOR UNITING A METAL BATTERY POST TO METAL LUGS OF BATTERY PLATES TO PROVIDE A BATTERY ELEMENT WHICH METHOD COMPRISES SECURING SAID LUGS AND SAID POST IN POSITION FOR FUSING WITHIN REMOVABLE MOLD MEANS THEREBY PROVIDING A BATTERY ELEMENT FORMING ASSEMBLY, APPLYING TO SAID LUGS AND SAID POST HEAT SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE MELTING AND BLENDING THEREOF WITHIN SAID MOLD MEANS, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES CAUSING RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT OF SAID ASSEMBLY BETWEEN A FIRST TERMINAL POSITION WITHIN A COOLING ZONE AND A SECOND TERMINAL POSITION WITHIN A HEATING ZONE HAVING HEAT GENERATING MEANS POSITIONED THEREIN, AND IN THE COURSE OF SAID RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT CAUSING SAID ASSEMBLY TO MOVE INTO EFFECTIVE HEATING DISTANCE OF SAID HEAT GENERATING MEANS, MELTING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID POST WITH HEAT GENERATED BY SAID HEAT GENERATING MEANS THEREBY FORMING MOLTEN METAL WITHIN SAID MOLD MEANS, AGITATING SAID MOLTEN METAL WITHIN SAID HEATING ZONE WITH AGITATION MEANS AS SAID ASSEMBLY MOVES THROUGH SAID HEATING ZONE, AND MOVING SAID ASSEMBLY OUT OF EFFECTIVE HEATING DISTANCE OF SAID HEAT GENERATING MEANS.
 7. IN A BATTERY BURNING MACHINE THE COMBINATION OF A BASE, TRACK MEANS SUPPORTED BY SAID BASE AND PROVIDING INTERMEDIATE OF THE ENDS THEREOF A CENTRAL LOADING AND UNLOADING POSITION BETWEEN BURNING POSITIONS SITUATED 